I certainly believe there are more great movies than rufnek (he says ONE), but I believe too many people think that most movies are "Great". I find a relatively few great movies, at least percentage-wise, especially as time goes by. I realize that many viewers find older films lacking somehow, but that seems to be an insult to all the filmmakers, film watchers and critics who have lived before. I still think there are many Good films, now and previously, so that's what I recommend you try to find. Just remember, there were several great films made before you were born, no matter how old you are. On a side note, if you think a
flick is not worth watching, then you don't like movies.
Maybe I should say one obviously great movie--at least obvious to me. Despite my personal opinion that no other movies can match what
Citizen Kane accomplishes on so many levels, that doesn't mean there are not other films that I enjoy seeing either because of the ensemble cast (
Bad Day at Black Rock,
Sleuth) one particular scene (the military execution in
The Victors), one particular actor (any Randolph Scott oater in which Lee Marvin played the heavy], A particular director (
The Maltese Falcon,
Treasure of the Sierra Madre), or simply just because it makes me feel good (
Love, Actually). Are those
great movies or simply well done by all of the people who worked so hard to bring together all of the elements so well?
I submit that there are probably great films out there that none of us in this forum--especially the younger members--know nothing or at least very little about. People who know movies still talk about Lon Chaney's
London After Dark (I've probably even got the title wrong) although no copy of that film has existed for years. All that remains are some still shots of the characters and some part of the script. My own grandkids think watching black and white films is at the far edge of civilization, so they've never enjoyed the impact of of films that lack both color
and sound -- like
Greed or
The General.
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